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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Charles II of England]] [[Sale of Dunkirk|sells Dunkirk]] to France, for £400,000 (2.5 million [[French livre]]s).
* [[November 28]] &ndash; The English [[Royal Society]] holds its first meeting.
* [[December 4]] &ndash; The [[Purefoy baronets]] British nobility title is created.<ref name="Leigh Rayment's list of baronets"/>
* [[December 20]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Fouquet]] is banished from France.
* [[December 26]] &ndash; [[Molière]]'s play, ''[[The School for Wives]]'', is given its première in Paris.<ref>{{cite book | last = Peacock | first = N. A. | title = Moliere L'Ecole des femmes | publisher = University of Glasgow French and German Publications | location = Glasgow | year = 1988 | isbn = 9780852612453 | page=1 | language=en}}</ref>
* November - December &ndash; [[Helen Guthrie (accused witch)|Helen Guthrie]] is the last person accused during the [[Forfar witch trials]] to be executed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crichton |first1=Emma |last2=Kelly |first2=Lesley-Anne |title=Interactive map reveals the stories of witches - male and female - in Tayside and Fife |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/perth-kinross/987108/interactive-map-reveals-the-stories-of-witches-male-and-female-in-tayside-and-fife/ |access-date=17 May 2025 |work=The Courier |date=28 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Claire |last2=Venditozzi |first2=Zoe |title=How to Kill a Witch |date=2025 |publisher=Hatchett |isbn=9781800961883}}</ref>